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Aoki Lee Simmons Under Fire After Revealing Her Boyfriend On Social Media

February 21, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Aoki Lee Simmons has been under fire after revealing her boyfriend on social media. Commenters attacked Aoki’s decision to date white and questioned if she ever experienced dating her own race. Kimora Lee and Russell Simmons’ youngest daughter decided to curb her social media activity after an influx of nasty comments following her Valentines Day post.

The drama began after Aoki did a ‘hard launch’ of her boyfriend after hiding his identity. They’ve been together for over a year and she’s shared pictures of him before but only his feet. This was the first time anyone saw his face or skin color.

After countless racially charged comments calling her beau old and ugly, Aoki decided to respond.

Aoki wrote:
It’s genuinely so awful. How is any young person supposed to have a normal well adjusted life if this is what happens over a Godamn tagless valentines day post?!
And I had no idea because within my page it’s mild and mostly positive.
(Thank you guys for that) but I guess outside of it the world, people I haven’t done anything to or harmed at all, are just horrendously bitter and racist.
Anyway. I need to reconsider how/ if I use this platform and what I share.
Which sucks because l’m an open person but this can’t happen to people I care about

She added:
I understand the public figure/you knew it was going to happen ec… argument. Sure I guess I knew the world was stuck in 1950 and would have some recessive & to say about something as simple as an interracial relationship…….
Like that’s truly sad, especially from people of color, but it was expected

Do you think celebrities should hide their significant others?

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Today in Hip-Hop History: DJ Quik Dropped His ‘Safe + Sound’ Album 28 Years Ago

February 21, 2023 by newhiphopnews

On this day in 1995, Compton’s own DJ Quik released his third album entitled Safe + Sound. Released on Profile Records, it peaked at number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA by July 11. Executive produced by Suge Knight, the LP featured the singles “Dollaz & Sense” and “Safe + Sound”.

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Boosie Cancels Joint Album with T.I. Over Possible Snitching: ‘You a Rat Too’

February 21, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Boosie Badazz Cancels Joint Album with T.I. Over Possible Snitching: 'You a Rat Too'

Boosie Badazz is standing ten toes down against snitching and rats. Boosie once was planning a joint album with T.I., but is now nixing that, blasting The King of the South over a past case.

In a 2020 episode of his expediTIously podcast, self-proclaimed King Of The South T.I. admitted to snitching on a dead family member in order to get out of an illegal gun case.

T.I.’s cousin, Toot, was killed before the two could go to trial for a gun case caught in the early 2000s near ATL’s Lenox Mall, but Tip says Toot’s beyond-the-grave blessing made it ok to use his cousin and production collaborator a posthumous scapegoat.

“We caught those gun cases, Toot died. My lawyer said, ‘Well, you know, I could make everything go away if it was Toot’s, it was Tremel’s,’” he said. “After he had passed, I had a talk with him. Toot said, ‘I’ll take all the charges you got! If you can walk away free and put it on me, goddamn right! ‘Cause I’ll be damned if they gon’ come and muthafucking extradite me from here!’”

Returning to his online residency on VLAD TV, Boosie reflected on the moment with Vlad and aired him out.

“With the T.I. situation, if he did that – you a fucking rat too,” Boosie said. “I don’t spare no muthafuckin’ body. Because if you doing anything wrong, you doing anything criminal and you cooperate with law enforcement to get you out of trouble – that means you’re cooperating. That means you’re a rat.”

Boosie added, “When I saw that, I think, ‘T.I. fucking lying.’ I think he went up there and just got to fucking talking. You think something happen at 17, 18 years old. You gon’ hold that in all them damn time? All this damn time for 20 some years, you gon’ hold that in? And it finally came out?”

If the story from Tip is true or false, Boosie will live like it’s a fact. Cnaceling the album. “My real fans like, ‘Boosie you the last one left. You cannot put this album out.’ My uncle, OG call me … ‘N*gga that album ain’t coming out.’”

You can hear it from Boosie below.

Hip-Hop has been pointing out informants, culturally known as rats, in light of various court cases. Without naming names Young Scooter wants to create a “rat tour” and Boosie Badazz seems to think it’s a good idea.

@youngscooter I AGREE PUT ALL THE RATS ON TOUR N LET ALL THE RATS FANS GO TO THEY CONCERTS,” Boosie typed on Twitter. “FEED EVERYBODY DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHEESE AT THE CONCESSION! ALSO POST THE NAMES OF EVERYBODY THEY SNITCHED ON BEHIND THEM ON THE SCREEN! WHO GO BOOK THE RAT TOUR?”

Boosie has recently taken aim at Gunna after he received an Alford plea, citing him as a rat.

Gunna released a statement regarding taking the Alford plea, saying, “I have chosen to end my own RICO case with an Alford plea and end my personal ordeal by publicly acknowledging my association with YSL. An Alford plea in my case is the entry of a guilty plea to the one charge against me, which is in my best interest, while at the same time maintaining my innocence toward the same charge.”

Boosie also sent this message to Funk Flex to avoid rats being allowed back on New York radio.

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SOURCE SPORTS: MMA Fighter Allegedly Stabs Ex-GF 17 Times And Hiding Body In The Closet

February 20, 2023 by newhiphopnews

According to several confirmed reports, 28-year-old MMA fighter Dwayne Herrelle Jr. stabbed and killed his ex-girlfriend at her parents’ Nashville home late last month. His former girlfriend, Irene Torres, was only 24 years old.

After the murder, Herrelle allegedly put her bloody boy in the trunk of his car and put her remains in his apartment closet in Bellevue, Tennessee. Derry Baltimore, the Metro Nashville Police Department Detective who arrived at the murder scene, was present at Herrelle Jr.’s sentencing.

“They got into an argument and he begins stabbing her and after stabbing her he put her in the trunk of his car,” Baltimore told reporters. “I was told while I was standing there with the doctor that she was stabbed in excess of 17 times…“[When] we went to the closet area, and I could see the victim inside of a clear tote like she was wrapped in some type of comforter.”

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[WATCH] Man Who Claims To Be “Hidden” Son Of LL Cool J Speaks Out

February 20, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Over the weekend, a video began to circulate of a young artist by the name of LoveBenJi saying that he is the “hidden” son of Hip Hop pioneer LL Cool J, but he only knows his dad as James Todd Smith.

LoveBenJi goes into detail about him signing an allegedly bogus non-disclosure agreement that would prevent the public from knowing anything of his existence. Not to mention that LoveBenJi looks JUST like Ladies Love. He also added that his alleged father occasionally sends him a modest $200 a month, but has him blocked on all social media.

“It takes a lot of courage for me to able to talk about this now at the age that I am,” Love Benji said. “They made me sign the paperwork, you know, they didn’t want it to go public. This is probably around covid (2020-21). They wanted to silence me [but] ever since my mother really told me the truth. I feel like it should be public; now I need to just get this off my chest. I want to give thanks to you too, man. James Todd Smith, That’s what I know him as, [my] father [and] great man. But many of you probably know him as LL Cool J. He blocked me from all social media. I tried to take trips to see him…and his beautiful wife, [my] siblings, brothers, and sisters. I never knew why I wanted to make music, why I wanted to be an actor, why I wanted to do these things. Turns out, my father is LL Cool J…I’m blessed. I’m thankful he’ll send me every now and then, probably $200 a month, but it ain’t about the money. He blessed me with the charm, the ladies, [and] the charisma. I really didn’t want to take it here and have the blogs blow it up or nothing like that…Since he’s blocking my number, I haven’t heard much from him. I feel like this is how I’ll be about to reach out to him. That’s my truth. Let me know, Dad. Stay smooth…Blessed.”

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[WATCH] Charleston White To J. Prince: Suck My D**k

February 20, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Former Crip gang member turned community activist Charleston White called out J. Prince in a relentless rant after having his appearance cancelled in Houston this past weekend.

White’s rants began on Saturday(February 18) after rumors began to circulate that J. Prince was behind the cancelling of his show, but White responded by posting a flyer of the youth mentoring event, Parents Against Predators, that White was scheduled to participate in.

“The internet is lying,” he captioned. “I did not have a show in Houston and Houston Police Department @houstonpolice did not contact me and cancel anything. @jprincerespect nor his fictitious Mob Ties gangsters stop me from coming to Houston, Texas locking in with @mrs.pap57 and her organization Parent’s Against Predators.”

Not long after the post went up, the former Crip posted a screenshot from event organizer Sonia Parker that she was told to cancel his participation in the event. After he was pulled from the event, White posted a barrage of threatening videos showing his arsenal of weapons, claiming that he was ready to “go to war” with J. Prince, his Mob Ties conglomerate and even the Houston Police Dept.

“Houston Police Department: I see y’all scared of Rap-A-Lot,” White said. “I see why that boy got killed out there. I see why they able to do the things that they do out there in Houston: the police got pussy. I’m starting to think they on the payroll of James Prince and Rap-A-Lot Records. I think that’s what’s happening down there.”.

“J. Prince can suck my dick,” he screams. “Mob Ties/Rap-A-Lot gangstas can suck my dick. You Houston n-ggas can suck my dick. I don’t give a fuck about none of you bitch ass n-ggas. It’s Texas n-gga on mine! I run this shit. Shut yo bitch ass up, J. Prince. I’m still talkin’ shit. I made J Prince go snitch on me. You talking on a muder investigation. James Prince, shut yo bitch ass up; and I’m talking to Senior, n-gga.”

See the video above.

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Rapper The Game Offers To Shoot The Fade With Wack 100 & Suge Knight ‘On Sight’

February 20, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Rapper The Game has offered to shoot the fade with Suge Knight and Wack 100, warning them it’s “on sight.”

Wack 100 took to Instagram to call out Suge Knight for being a “failure,” before claiming that the Death Row Records co-founder’s son doesn’t actually belong to him.

“2002-2016 the release & return,” he wrote. “Suge Knight u can’t give me no advice. You accomplished failure. U own no mastered no real estate of real value. Only thing u can own is ur stupidity.”

Wack added in his caption: “1991-1997 What was gained was ‘ALL’ loss. Freedom , wealth & some peoples life…. I suggest u keep my name out ya mouth before I start to talk about who’s ‘Jr.’ that really is …. You’ve been warned.”

The Game then took to the comments section to threaten his manager, Wack 100, as well as Suge Knight.

“I’ll take the head up fade with both you n-ggas on sight,” he wrote.

During an interview with Akademiks in November 2021, Wack 100 said Suge Knight blames him for his 28-year prison sentence.

“Now, let’s be real, and I’mma speak on it ’cause he’s been speaking,” he said at the time. “And I don’t respect him at all no more. Zero. You can’t respect a man … I paid for this man’s mama’s funeral.

“I sent a muthafuckin’ wire at a time when we wasn’t even talkin’ and gettin’ along. But out of our respect, because he was who he was and opened a few doors for me.

“For me to hear recordings of this man saying I’m the reason why he got 28 years, like I’m the muthafucka that was driving the truck, is crazy.”

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[WATCH] YSL Lil Woody Caught On Video Making Young Thug “Murder For Hire” Claims

February 20, 2023 by newhiphopnews

The saga of the YSL RICO trial continues and one of the most damning pieces of evidence has made its way to the internet as YSL affiliate Lil Woody is seen on video speaking to police detectives and even implicates YSL leader Young Thug in committing “murder for hire” killings.

In a three-hour plus interview, Lil Woody aka Kenneth Copeland is hyper-cooperative with Atlanta investigators as he name drops Young Thug in a possible murder plot and even mentions the type of car that would be used in the killing.

Now after the footage has been made public, Woody made claims on social media that he did not cooperate with authorities.

“I sat in jail days nights months years didn’t know my outcome, didn’t call on god, didn’t cry or cooperate,” said Woody. He continued, “I started working on understanding myself and realizing who I am and what I’m worth. Jail gave me time to think grow and understand.” Woody added, “Only point I have to prove is showing my people that whatever we put our mind to we can do it. Stay away from bad energy focus and believe in yourself. ”

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#BHM|Today In Hip Hop History: Larry Davis Killed In Shawangunk Prison 15 Years Ago

February 20, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Some say he was 50 Cent before 50 Cent. Some called him “the Robin Hood of The Ghetto”, while the establishment dubbed him “the crack city terminator.” In the hood, his solution is considered the only possible answer to a continuous epidemic of police brutality. Some of your favorite rappers from French Montana to Lloyd Banks to Jay-Z have name-dropped him on their tracks and BET felt he was so important to American culture that their American Gangster series had to open with him, but only an educated few know why the name Larry Davis continues to ring bells more than three decades after that fateful night in November of ’86.

On February 20, 2008, Adam Abdul Hakeem aka Larry Davis, was stabbed to death in Shawangunk State Prison in New York by a fellow inmate after serving 23 years for an illegal weapons charge. Most would say that people die in American prisons daily, so what’s the big deal about another dead prisoner? Well, it must first be explained why Mr. Davis was in prison for so long on a mere gun charge in the first place.

As he said on camera after his capture in 1986, “the police gave me the guns!”, that Davis was finally charged with after being acquitted for shooting 6 NYPD officers. The then 21-year-old BX native’s defense was that he shot the officers in self-defense. Davis exposed that he sold drugs for these Bronx precinct officers, claiming that they wanted to kill him because of what he knew about the drug operation within the department and a Bronx jury believed him. This case was the first and very possibly the only time in American history that a civilian was cleared of all charges in the shooting of a police officer.

The NYPD and then-Mayor Edward Koch were outraged at the outcome. After Larry’s death, the former Mayor Koch was quoted as saying, “The prison system did what the criminal justice system could not.” It’s safe to say that with the endless accusations against the NYPD and other police departments around the country for brutality against Black and brown people, the sentiment of sympathy for Larry Davis has been met with fierce opposition.

With the recent killings of Black youth by police and civilians becoming the norm, the question in the urban community is whether or not Larry Davis’ solution to police brutality is the only option left. With normal citizens being given the option to shoot first and ask questions later when it comes to Black youth and the prison industrial complex as the penalty for defending yourself, the bare truth is that it has become the only option to some. With landmark cases from Emmitt Till to Botham Jean, history reveals that people such as Nat Turner, Denmark Vesey, and even Larry Davis will always be heroes. We’ve heard Larry’s name come from the mouths of everyone from ATCQ to Jay-Z.

Check out Larry’s story on Troy Reed’s Street Stories Larry Davis: A Routine Typical Hit, BET’s American Gangster series and is also rumored to be in the hands of several filmmakers, which could possibly spawn the story on the silver screen.

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